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Low-flation at the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... until the end of 2017. The ECB's policy statement revealed its optimism over the region's cyclical recovery... "Euro area real GDP increased by 0.4%, quarter on quarter, in the fourth quarter of 2016, following a similar pace of growth in the third quarter. ...

SSGA wields power on gender equality

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... suggested that if economic participation by women was on par with men, a further $28 trillion would be added to annual global GDP by 2025. At this stage though, a quarter of Russell 3000 companies do not have any women on their boards, and almost 60% ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... The just-released "OECD Economic Surveys, Australia" provided a pretty growth picture of the domestic economy, forecasting GDP growth of 2.6% this year and 3.1% in 2018 - one that would lower the current jobless rate from 5.7% (January 2017) to 5.5% ...

What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... Australian exports in the coming months. While the rise in imports in January continues to be a drag on net exports and, therefore, GDP growth, the details of the ABS' trade report showed that this was mainly due to increases in consumption goods (7%) ...

Custody sector hits $3 trillion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... world's fourth-largest pool of retirement savings. The contribution of superannuation assets is now almost double to that of our GDP, again one of the highest in the world, and the custody sector plays an important role in this large and complex syst ...

Australia missing golden export opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... services industry cannot be overstated. As Australia's largest industry, the financial services sector is a critical driver of GDP growth, a major employer and one of the core industries in Australia's economy."

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... region. Only last week, Markit Economics printed that "The eurozone economy moved up a gear in February, suggesting that "GDP growth of 0.6% could be seen in the first quarter if this pace of expansion is sustained into March" when it released its flash ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... Philip Lowe's expectation of around "3% economic growth over the next couple of years" - capex being a major component of GDP - and, by extension, raise rate cut (cuts) speculations. Then again, would one or two or three more rate cuts unleash Australian ...

A tale of three PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... (to 55.5 from 55.2). This, according to Markit, shows, "The eurozone economy moved up a gear in February, suggesting that "GDP growth of 0.6% could be seen in the first quarter if this pace of expansion is sustained into March". The Nikkei flash Japan ...

Lifted by external demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... As had been the case in the previous quarter, net exports contributed the most to growth, adding 0.2 percentage point to Q4 GDP. It added 0.3 percentage point in Q3. Not surprising, the yen's depreciation and the improvement in the global economy have ...